Mechanism for controlling motion



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. J. LANE.

MBGHANISM POR GON'IROLLING MOTION. No. 807,663. Patented N0v.4, 1884.Y

' 3 Sheets-Sheet. 2. W. J. LANE.

MEGHANISM POR GONTROLLING MOTION.

(No Model.)

No. 307,663. Patented Nov. 4, 1884..

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3. W. J. LANE. MEGHANISM FOR GONTROLLING MOTION. No. 307,663. Patented Nov'. `L1, 1884.

UNTTTJD STriTns PnTiervT Trice,

VILLIAM J. LANE, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEWv YORK.

MECHANISVI FOR CONTROLLING MOTION.

SPEC'IFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,663, dated November 4, 1884.

1 Application filed August 28, 1581i. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, VILLIAM QI. LANE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mechanism for Controlling Motion; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact dcscription of the same.

My `invention is designed mainly for that class of elevating` mechanisms or hoists which includes dumbwaiters and elevators adapted to be operated by hand, but it may also be used without regard tothe kind of motive power employed.

In elevating mechanisms such as dumbwaiters and smaller hand hoisting` apparatus a difficulty is especially liable to occur in ar` resting the platform or car withits load at any desired point and holding it at that point securely without such a lock or fastening that it cannot be operated at any other point than that where the fastening is made. Such elevators are also liable to run when the load is greater or less than t-he count-erweight.

.Brakes and retarders have been heretofore applied to hoisting mechanisms in such manner that the operator controlled the connection between the mechanism through which the' power was applied and the histingdrum, whereby thn parts were locked positively together and the load hoisted, or the load was allowed'to slip, at the will of the operator. rlhesc are not practicable where the hoisting is done byhand or in like simple apparatus.

rIhe object, therefore, of my invention is to provide means whereby the car, platform, or box of any such hoisting apparatus may be arrested and held at any point and the holding mechanism may be released :from any point from which the hoist is operated, and whereby also the car, box, or platform may be lowered or moved by frictional contact and without much effort on the part of the operator, all substantially as hereinafter fully explained.

It consists, iii-st, of a spring-coil interposed between a shaft or drum and a iixed sleeve, and adapted automatically to clutch the sleeve and to release itself on the advance and on the return of the driving-power.

It consists, second, of a spring-coil interposed between a shaft or drum and a fixed sleeve, and adapted automatically to clutch the sleeve, to release itself on the advance and on the return of the driving-power, and devices connected with the driving-power for releasing the clutch of the coil.

It consists, third, of a pair of spring-coils interposed between the drum or shaft and fixed sleeves, bearing on said sleeves, and adapted by direction of' coils to loch both ways antomatically when the driving-power is discontinued, and means for releasing the coils from the sleeves and moving the shaft or drum.

It consists, fourth, of a wheel fixed on a shaft, a drum or shell turning about said shaft, connection between the fixed wheel and the drum or shell allowing limited movement of the wheel in relation to the shell, a fixed sleeve or sleeves, spring coil or coils connecting wheel or shell to the sleeve or sleeves, and means for releasing the coil or coils.

It consists, fifth, ofa spring coil or coils connected to the drum or drum-shaft and enein cling fixed sleeves,a wheel fixed on the shaft, having a stud or tooth playing between two teeth or studs on a shell or drum, whereby the driving-power is connected to the shaft or drum, and a projection or projections extending bythe free end or ends of the coils and operated by the driving-power to release the coils before forming the connection between the driving-power and the drum or shaft.

It consists, sixth, of a wheel fixed to the drun1-sliaft,a springcoil attached to said wheel and 4encircling a sleeve-extension on the shaft-beariug, a drivingwheel loose on the shaft, a connection between the hub of' the drivingwheel, and the wheel fixed on the shaft admitting of some play, and a projection on the hub ot' the driving-wheel adapted to open or release the coil on reverse movement of' the driving-wheel.

My invention consists, seventh, in details of construction, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an embodiment ot' my invention in simple form, the figure showing a central vertical section longitudinally of the shaft, with the shaft and drum in side elevation. Fig. 2 represents part of the same with the hub of the driving-wheel only in section, Fig.

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y which is wound a rope, 1, connected to the load, and a rope, 2, connected to counterweight.

I have described the embodiment of my invention, first, with the coils in duplicate or pairs to act in opposite directions; but, as fully explained hereinafter, the coil may be used singly. rlhebearings B B have sleeve-extensions b b, in which the shaft a tu rns.` Between the ends of these sleeves is awheel, C, fixed to the shaft a. On each side, as represented in the main figures, is a spring-coil, d, encircling the inner ends ot' the sleeves and made slightly smaller than the sleeve, so as to be in frictional contact therewith. The inner ends of the coils are attached to the wheel C by means of bolts 3, or in any convenient way. The outer ends ofthe coils are free, as shown in Fig. 2. A handwhcel is represented at E, the hub of which, F,"is hollow, forming a shell which incloscs the wheel C. Extensions f j' of this hub are fixed to and inciose sleeve y, which bear upon the sleeve-extension b and turn freely on said extension. y The wheel C has a single tooth, c, which projects between two teeth, e c, within the hub F of the wheel E, as shown more clearlyin Fig. 3. The twoteeth e c are placed at a distance apart to allow some play for the tooth c, for a purpose hereinafter explained. On each sleeve r/'is a projection, 7i, extending inward across the path of the free end of tlie coil d.

The teeth heretofore described and the projection h are so adjusted in relation to each other and to the free ends of the coils that forward movement of the wheel E, which tends to uncoil one coil and tighten the other, will bring the projection h on the right-hand side, Figs. l and 2, against the end of the coil, causing it to release its grip from the sleeve l before the tooth c comes intocontact with the rear tooth, e. The wheel E is then in positive connection with the wheel G, and the wheel C is released from the sleeve b, and power continued upon the wheel E is applied tothe drum to raise the load. Reverse movement of the wheel E causes the coils and studs to act in movement of the wheel E reverses this operation in respect to the two coils. It will be understood that the coils bear upon the sleeve sufficiently to give an initial friction, so that when the end of the coil attached tothe wheel Gis advanced its own friction causes it to bear .known to those skilled in the art.

(that is to say, when the wheel E is at rest) the more tightly around the sleeve, and thus its friction is accumulated in the manner well Normally coils grip the sleeve and hold in both directions.` rIendency to movethe shaft in either direction will cause the wheel C to draw upon one coil or the other, and this accumulates the friction on one side or the other. Similarly,- the reverse movement otthe coil ends tends to uncoil or release them :from the sleeves, and as t-he coils on both sides run in the same Idirection, but are fast at opposite ends,they act in opposite directions, whichever way the wheel is turned. So, also, the stops h act in opposite directions. lVhen the wheel E is moved directly to hoist theweight, the movement of the wheel C tends to uncoil the left-hand coil. rlhe movement of the hub of the wheel E carries the right-hand projection 'li against the free end of the right-hand coil, and thus prevents its tendencyto bind upon the sleeve. Thus both coils are loosened, and wheel C, and with it the shaft a, is free to be carried bythe wheel E. NVhen the wheel E is at rest, as before intimated, the projections h are .out of contact with the ends of the coils, and both coils grip the sleeves and hold in both directions. Suppose, new, that it be desired to lower the load. Reverse movement of the wheel E causes the left-hand projection to strike against the free end of the coil on that side, and, by tending to open it, lessening its grip on t-he sleeve, causes it to sl ip and the load to descend. rlhis slipping will occur as long as the reverse movement of the wheel E causes the projection 7i to press against the end of the coil. rlhe coil slips as soon as the frictional contact is lessened sufficiently to be overcome by the load, and the movement is thus made even and continuous, and dependsin speed upon the pressure applied by the operator through the wheel E. In this movement the coil on the other side releases itself. in this way lower the load without any other effort than that which is necessary to open the coil upon one side. As the coil upon one side prevents the load from running backward, s0 the coil upon the other side will prevent the box, car, or platform from ruiming up by the overweight of the counter-balance when there is no load. Obviously the-load will remain at any point where movement of the wheel E is The operator may IOC) the first effect of the movement of wheel E is Y to release the grip of the coils, and then to form a positive connection between the driving-power and the drum.

In Fig. i I have shown a modification adapted to ships steering-gear and like situations where it is desirable to have the wheel en the end ot" the shaft. In this modification the drum is made to occupy the place ot' the hollow hub or shell of the wheel Il, and is locked in place, while the wheelv Eis fixed to t-he end ofthe shaft and the sleeves b b extend from the bearing inward, in the manner here tofore explained. A drum, E', has hubs lac," which turn on the sleeve-extensions b b. rilhc spring-coils d d both coil in the same direction, andthe outer ends are attached to the heads of the drum, the inner ends being tree. The inner surface of the drum is provided with teeth c e, (one only being showin) which operate in connection with the tooth c on the the outer.

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wheel C, in the manner heretofore explained. The free ends of the coils are moved to open the coils by studs h 7e. on the wheel C. \`Vhen in normal position, the wheel E being idle, the drum is locked, and movement of the wheel E carries the shaft and wheel C, fixed thereon, with the same et't'eet as in the form heretofore described. Movement of the shaft cone way, carrying the wheel, causes the stud on one side to strike the free end ot' the coil on that side, when the movement ofthe wheel would canse it to bind upon the sleeve, while the other coil is moved in a direction calculated to loose it. The action is the same in both directions, and movement ol' the hand-wheel E tirst unlocks the drum and turns it. The drum remains locked in both directions when the handwheel is at rest, and the helmsman has no work except to move the wheel.

Fig. 5 shows a moditication adapted especially for dumb-waiters and similar situations,

and where the hand-wheel should be on the end of the shaft no counter-weight is used, or where the lock is required only against the load. The wheel C is fixed in the shaft, and the shell or hollow hub is precisely like that shown in Fig. l, except that on one side it is c )vered by a plate, G, the central boss of which bears on the end of t-he shaft, the wheel turning on this and on the sleeve. rthe coil and other parts are the Vsame asin Fig. l.

Fig. G shows a moditication in which the driving-wheel is on the end of the shaft and the coils lock in both directions, the modiii cation being adapted to have the drum, wheel, or gear fixed on the shaft, as in Fig. l. In this the wheel EL turns on the sleeve g, which (Not shown, but the same as that shown at I) in Fig. l.) rIhis lies in the path of the free end of a spring-coil, d, the other end of which is attached to the wheel 0 at 4L, the coil clasping the sleeve b. Vithin this sleeve is another coil, di, running in the same direction as the first, one end of which is attached to the'wheel C. Motion in one direction will cause both the inner and outer coils to expand;` but expansion of the outer coil releases it, while expansion of the inner coil tightens it. Thus motion one way tightens the outer and loosesthe inner, and motion the other way tightens the inner and loosens A pin, (i, set in the hub of wheel Ff, extends through an opening in wheel C Vand into the path of the bent free end of coil di, and draws it back instead of pushing, as in the other forms. rI "hus the shaft is locked in both directions by the two coils when the wheel E is at rest, and the coils are released, one by a pin and the other by a stud, when the wheel is turned in one direction or the other.

I would not be understood as claiming, broadly, a spring-coil encircling a shaft, as such a coil has been before shown, as in the United States patent of Dewey, No. 47,282, ot" 1865. l

W'hat I claim as my invention isl. A mechanism for controlling motion,

consisting of a spring-coil interposed between the drum-shaft or drum anda fixed sleeve, and adapted automatically to release itself in one direction and to grip the sleeve in the other direction.

2. A, mechanism for controlling motion, consisting of a spring-coil interposed between the drum-shaft or drum and the xed sleeve, and adapted automatically to release itself in one direction and to grip in the other, and means, substantially as described, for releasing the coil.

3. A mechanism for controlling motion,

lconsisting of a pair of spring-coils interposed between the drnm-sh-.ift or drum and fixed sleeve or sleeves, said coils being adapted to grip upon the sleeve or sleeves automatically both ways, so as to hold in opposite directions, a dri ving-wheel having connections with the drum-shaft or drum with a certain amount ot play, and devices operated by said wheel for releasing one or the other of the coils, substantially as described.

et. In combination, a wheel, C, fixed to the shaft, and having a single tooth engaging with teeth on a drinn or shell, with a certain amount of play between said teeth on the drum or shell, fixed sleeve or sleeves extended from the bearings, spring coil or coils encircling said sleeve or sleeves, tixed at one end and free at the other, and means for releasing said coil or coils, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a drum-shaft, a wheel fixed thereon, a loose driving-wheel having drum or shellv inclosing said wheel, with teeth forming a loose engagenicnt with a tooth on the fixed wheel, sleeves extended from the shaft-bearings, spring-coils fixed at one end and loose at the other, gripping in opposite directions and forming clutelrconnection between shaft and sleeves, and projections on the hub of the loose drivingwheel extending across the ends of the coils, all substantially as described.

6. In combination, a spring coil or coils connected to the drum or drain-shaft and encircling iixed sleeve or sleeves, a wheel fixed 4on the shaft, having a tooth in loose engagement with teeth shell or drum, whereby the driving-power is connected to the shaft or IOO diuln, sind it projection or projections extendi shaft, :ind spring-coils attached to the Wheel G ing hy the end or ends of the coil or coils, opaud coiled about the sleeves to holdin oppoerated by the driving-power to release the site directions, substantially as described.

coils before forming positive connection be- Intestiniony whereoflhavesigned mynamc 5 tween driving-power :md shaft, substantially' to this specification in the presence of two snb- 15 as described. seribing witnesses.

7 L In combination with a drinn-shaft, bear- VILLIAM J LANE. ings having sleeve-extensions, a shell or huh,l y, Vitnesses: F, and sleeves attached thereto, provided with i WV. O. DUVALL,

1o projections 72, a Wheel, C, fixed to the drnin- JAS. D. DUNFORD. 

